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spearfished

spearfished is the simple past and past participle of spearfish.

Meaning of spearfish

Verb

spearfish (third-person singular simple present spearfishes, present participle spearfishing, simple past and past participle spearfished)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To attempt to catch a fish using a spear or spear gun.
    • Bart, who incidentally has designed an excellent diaphragm‐type call for geese and turkeys, once spearfished commercially in the British West Indies.1979 February 7, “Outdoors: Northeast Spearfishing”, in The New York Times
  2. (intransitive, transitive) To fish for spearfish by any method.

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Questions about spearfished

What is spearfished the simple past and past participle of?
Spearfished is the simple past and past participle of spearfish.

Words near spearfished in the dictionary

  1. spearers
  2. speares
  3. speareth
  4. Spearfinger
  5. spearfish
  6. spearfished
  7. spearfisher
  8. spearfisheries
  9. spearfisherman
  10. spearfishermen
  11. spearfishers

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